Good morning, all!
I have been given an old Beechport spa, and am getting ready to try installing it. The shell holds water just fine. I have an 8 X 10 concrete slab where I had planned to place it and build an enclosure around the shell. I was hoping to have all the equipment within the enclosure, but some of this stuff seems really big!
The label on the water pump says it is a swimming pool pump, 50 amp, Magnetek 1.5 hp, 120/240. The filter housing is more than 24" tall and about 8 inches in diameter. Is this normal? It seems like it truly is big enough for a swimming pool, and made me wonder if it was appropriate for a spa....same for the pump---huge! I was expecting more like 3/4 hp.
The heater is a Raytek, 48 amp, manufactured in May of 1988.
The air blower seems to be what I would suppose is normal size for a spa. Also, there is something I was told is called a "dryer." It looks kinda like another blower, but has a pvc pipe attached that goes straight up about 3 feet and then does a 180 back down to 3 or 4 inches below the "blower" and I have no idea about its purpose.
Also, I am wondering if anything needs to go between the footwell and the concrete?
Hope I don't regret getting into all this---any and all advice greatly appreciated---many thanks!
Craig